Posts with the tag “missionvets”

At first, there was silence. Then, slowly, requests began to come in, South America, Central America, places with names unfamiliar but needs unmistakable.  
A goat project in Honduras, a question from...  Read More

At some point, every movement must decide how it will be seen. A neighbor’s niece, an artist, took a simple idea and gave it form: a farmer, a calf, a syringe, and the quiet shadow of the Good Shepher...  Read More

Before there were field teams, there were introductions. Letters carried a simple message: We are here, we are willing, and we can serve.
Most responses returned with more interesting postage stamps t...  Read More

At some point, the question shifted.Not “Can this work?” But “Where else is this needed?”
So letters were written. Real letters, the personal Ink on paper type, not the mass-produced mailers of today....  Read More

What begins in obedience rarely stays contained. At the AVMA meeting, more than 200 gathered. The vision had moved beyond geography. What was once local had become national.Networks had formed, and le...  Read More

Seventy-eight people gathered. It did not look significant, not by the standards the world tends to measure.There were no headlines, and no sense of occasion beyond the room itself. Just a group of pe...  Read More

Vision, if it is to endure, must eventually take form. There comes a moment when what has been stirring in the heart can no longer remain there. It must move beyond conviction into structure, beyond c...  Read More

He offered two eggs. It was not much, and yet it was everything.  In places of scarcity, giving is never casual. It is costly, intentional, and it carries weight. In that moment, the instinct might be...  Read More

The work began with animals, but it did not end there. Pigs grew stronger, farmers leaned in, and at that intersection, between hope, calling, and purpose, understanding took root.Then, almost unexpec...  Read More

The road into Bonao carried more than dust; it carried the quiet weight of need: small farms and thin livestock. Families were doing their best, but with too little.There was no grand intervention, on...  Read More

The CVM story started with a brochure. The 1975 Baptist World Alliance in Stockholm, and for some reason, the brochure wasn’t discarded.  Before clarity comes, there is invitation. God often begins wi...  Read More

CVM didn’t begin in a boardroom; it began in a valley in the Dominican Republic.Small farms, thin pigs, and children with hope in their eyes.One deworming project, and one improved ration; visible cha...  Read More

In a small Bible study at the 1975 Baptist World Alliance, the conversation turned practical:“How can we help?”Her answer was immediate:“Come and teach us your skills, that we may do things for oursel...  Read More

The road into Bonao was uneven and dusty. Small subsistence farms stretched across the valley; one to three acres in size. The livestock was thin from parasites and poor nutrition, and families were s...  Read More

Before there were field teams… there were letters.In 1977, letters were sent to Ministers of Agriculture in developing countries, even to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.Mo...  Read More